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grasswire (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-07-10 07:05 PM
THE FARMERETTE PRIMITIVE FROM UP OVER THERE IN WISCONSIN
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If you had unlimited fresh figs, what would you do with them?
I picked about four quarts of fresh figs today, and the five trees on the property are just loaded with more. From what I saw at the store, the street value is $4.50 a pound or more.
What would you do with lots of figs?
I don't have a lot of freezer space left.
By the way, speaking of freezers, one wonders what hippyhubby Wild Bill is getting hippywife Mrs. Alfred Packer for Christmas.
Oh--that's right; the Packer household doesn't do Christmas.
Probably no freezer for Mrs. Alfred Packer, alas.
The empressof all (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-07-10 07:23 PM
THE IMPERIOUS PRIMITIVE, WHO DOESN'T LIKE US
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1. Oh there are so many things
Dry them and you can use them in baking for months to come. There can be fig puddings, tarts and cookies for the holidays. They are also a wonderful addition to fruit cakes.
Also you can cook them down like apples and make fig butter or you can make fig preserves or conserves. Fig conserves are more savory and are wonderful with pork or duck. I've added them to pan sauces as a lovely enrichment to those meats.
I have two fig trees..but they are only a year old each so no home grown figs for me yet. I did get three grape sized fruits on one of the trees this year but we had such a bad summer they never ripened
Figs are also great with cheese and are a wonderful topping for pizzas. Fig/Prosciutto pizzas are amazing.
Tesha (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-07-10 07:38 PM
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2. I don't suppose you can sell them?
I had a quarter acre of red raspberries once.
The local greengrocer bought every single box I could bring him.
We both made out well...
